IN RE AMERICAN EXPRESS ANTI-STEERING RULES

No. 20-1766 August Term 2020.

19 F.4th 127 (2021)

IN RE AMERICAN EXPRESS ANTI-STEERING RULES ANTITRUST LITIGATION, LaJolla Auto Tech, Inc., Qwik Lube LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Rite Aid Corporation, Walgreen Co., Firefly Air Solutions, LLC, Plymouth Oil Corporation, Rite Aid Headquarters Corp., Jasa, Inc., on behalf of themselves and all similarly situated persons, Animal Land, Inc., Rookies, Inc., Italian Colors Restaurant, Cohen Rese Gallery, Inc., Lopez-Dejonge, Inc., Bar Hama LLC, Meijer, Inc., Publix Super Market, Inc., Raley's, Supervalu Inc., CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Bi-Lo, LLC, H.E.B. Grocery Company, The Kroger Co., Safeway Inc., Ahold U.S.A. Inc., Albertson's LLC, Hy-Vee, Inc., The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company Inc., Treehouse, Inc., Il Forno, Inc., National Supermarkets Association, Inc., on behalf of its membership, and all other similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs, All Class Plaintiffs, the Marcus Corporation, Bill McCauley, Read McCaffrey, Hillary Jaynes, Anthony Oliver, Bernadette Martin, Bryan Huey, James Eaton, Paul Kashishian, Gianna Valdes, Chad Tintrow, Matthew Moriarty, Andrew Amend, Igor Gelman, Zachary Draper, Shawn O'Keefe, Francisco Robleto, Jr., Michael Thomas Reid, Plymouth Oil Corp., Clam Lake Partners LLC, Plaintiffs, v. American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., American Express Company, Defendants-Appellees, Susan Burdette, Defendant, Circuit City Liquidating Trust, The RSH Liquidating Trust, Holiday Companies, Gander Mountain Company, Commonwealth Hotels, Inc., Keila Ravelo, Intervenors.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: November 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Martin , Hausfeld LLP, New York, NY ( Michael D. Hausfeld , Hausfeld LLP, Washington, DC, and Irving Scher , Jeanette Bayoumi , and Kimberly Fetsick , Hausfeld LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Evan R. Chesler ( Peter T. Barbur , Kevin J. Orsini , and Rory A. Leraris , on the brief), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Eric F. Citron , Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD, for Amici Curiae Eighteen Professors of Antitrust Law.

Before: CHIN, BIANCO, and MENASHI, Circuit Judges.


The appellants, on behalf of a class of commercial merchants, allege that the Anti-Steering Rules promulgated by the appellees, the American Express Company and American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (together, "Amex"), violate the antitrust laws.

The appellants do not accept American Express cards...

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